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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

✔️A cash-first, needs-led approach to crisis support ✔️Tackling the drivers of financial crisis, not the symptom of food insecurity ✔️Preventative support and building financial resilience for people most at risk of financial crisis ✔️A systematic approach to monitoring and evaluating outcomes

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The CRF cannot solve the persistent hardship in our communities, which stems from problems in the social security system, but it can provide a lifeline in a crisis and help people onto a more secure financial footing. To do this, we need to see a focus on the following priorities:

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The commitment to multi-year funding is a major opportunity to reset local crisis support in England, moving away from patchwork provision and short-term funding rounds. This is the kind of investment that, if delivered well, can reduce the need for #foodbanks to fill the gap in a crisis.

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Ending the cruel two-child limit is exactly what the Chancellor needed to deliver in this Budget and is very welcome news indeed. And brilliant words from Emrys - lifting children out of poverty 'will help everyone really', spot on!

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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy. OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Major research from @trusselluk.bsky.social today with clear signs that hardship is deepening across the UK and going without essentials, including food, is becoming a more normal part of daily life. Hunger in the UK isn't inevitable and tackling hardship benefits us all. It's time to act.

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julia-rt.bsky.social @julia-rt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

1️⃣ we're in the 7th cycle of the Household Support Fund 2️⃣ its future is still uncertain 3️⃣ and we still see record demand for crisis support ... so what should come next? New Citizens Advice paper on the future of crisis support + how to realise an approach that’s more than a sticking plaster🩹👇

citizensadvice.org.uk

The future of crisis support: a discussion paper

The future of crisis support: a discussion paper - paper by Julia Ruddick-Trentmann on the future of crisis support and the Household Support Fund

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

✔️ UK govt should build on the foundations of Local Welfare Assistance and the Household Support Fund to launch a new approach to local crisis support as part of the Spending Review. Alongside ensuring our social security system is fit for purpose.

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This means quick access to crisis grants to help people get back on their feet, linked to a system of joined up local services and support to build financial resilience and make it less likely someone will need crisis support again.

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

53% of people referred to @trusselluk.bsky.social food banks have faced an unexpected cost they struggled to pay in the previous 3 months. To tackle hunger and hardship and drive down numbers needing to turn to food banks, we need an effective crisis support scheme in every single area.

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beaorchard.bsky.social @beaorchard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

❗ Finally getting onto Bluesky to share brand new report making the case for a better system of local crisis support in England. www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res... Trying to survive on a low-income makes it near impossible to weather a financial shock.

trussell.org.uk

A more resilient future: Rebuilding discretionary crisis support in England | Trussell

This report sets out Trussell’s recommendations for rebuilding discretionary crisis support in England.

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